zāo
to meet by chance (usually with misfortune)
classifier for events: time, turn, incident
zāo yù
to meet with
to encounter
(bitter) experience
zāo shòu
to suffer
to sustain (loss, misfortune)
cǎn zāo
to suffer (defeat, death etc)
zāo dào
to suffer
to meet with (sth unfortunate)
zāo jù
to meet with a refusal (e.g. visa)
to have an application rejected
miǎn zāo
to avoid suffering
to avoid meeting (a fatal accident)
spared
zāo zuì
to endure
to suffer hardships
hard time
nuisance
cǎn zāo bù xìng
to meet with disaster
to die tragically
zāo wēn
to suffer from a plague
to endure a misfortune
a plague on him!
lǚ zāo bù cè
beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)
pò wū yòu zāo lián yè yǔ
see 屋漏偏逢連夜雨|屋漏偏逢连夜雨[wu1 lou4 pian1 feng2 lian2 ye4 yu3]
lǚ zāo bù cè
beset by a series of mishaps (idiom)
wū lòu gèng zāo lián yè yǔ
when it rains, it pours (idiom)
zāo féng
to encounter (sth unpleasant)